MUMBAI, May 17- Standard& Poor's reiterated its negative outlook on India's credit rating, which is one notch above "junk", warning of the need to follow through on reforms and dealing a blow to a government that had recently pitched for an upgrade.
MUMBAI, May 17- Standard& Poor's reiterated its negative rating outlook on India's credit rating, which is one notch above junk status, warning of risks if the government carries out less reform than the agency says is needed to boost growth. India's benchmark 10- year yield rose 4 basis points to 7.41 percent from levels before the statement.
*Slovenia buys breathing room to pursue reforms. LONDON, May 2- Slovenia borrowed $3.5 billion on international markets on Thursday to shore up its ailing banks and stave off a bailout, bouncing back to finish an issue it had aborted two days earlier after Moody's cut its credit rating to junk.
*Slovenia drops bond issue right before Moody's downgrade. LJUBLJANA, April 30- Slovenia abandoned an attempt to issue bonds and Moody's cut its debt rating to "junk" on Tuesday, dealing a blow to the country's goal of healing its ailing state-owned banks and avoid following Cyprus into the euro zone's emergency room.
*Moody's leaves Spain on outlook negative. MADRID, April 9- The likelihood that Spain will miss its public deficit target this year leaves its sovereign rating at risk of slipping below investment grade, credit agency Moody's said on Tuesday.
*S&P 500 index within striking distance of record. NEW YORK, April 2- U.S. It's a risk-on move, and we can see that in the equity market gains and in the continued desire to invest in corporate credit and high-yield bonds, " Matthew Duch, portfolio manager at Calvert Investment Management, Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland, said of Tuesday's price moves.
*S&P 500 index within striking distance of record. NEW YORK, April 2- Prices for U.S. It's a risk-on move, and we can see that in the equity market gains and in the continued desire to invest in corporate credit and high-yield bonds, " Matthew Duch, portfolio manager at Calvert Investment Management, Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland, said of Tuesday's price moves.
*Market awaiting U.S. payrolls on Friday. NEW YORK, April 2- Prices of U.S. It's a risk-on move, and we can see that in the equity market gains and in the continued desire to invest in corporate credit and high-yield bonds, " Matthew Duch, portfolio manager at Calvert Investment Management, Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland, said of Tuesday's price moves.
NEW YORK, March 21- Standard& Poor's cut the sovereign long-term foreign currency credit rating on Cyprus deeper into junk status on Thursday, lowering the rating to CCC from CCC-plus as the country struggles with a banking crisis.
NEW YORK, Feb 27- There may be no such thing as a sure bet on Wall Street, but junk bonds have come pretty close over the past four years. A widely followed measure of the sector, the Bank of America/ Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II Index, hit an all-time high last month and sits just a smidgen below that record.
The Federal Reserve won't change course on quantitative easing this week, Steve Weiss of Short Hills Capital says.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 7:10 AM ETAn airline passenger records a Chinese cargo handler as he tosses boxes of something on to and off of a conveyor belt for shipment. Hopefully, the cargo was packed well.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 9:33 AM ETPlans to take PC maker Dell private by leveraging the company's balance sheet are misguided, CNBC's Jim Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street" Tuesday, because the company is facing lower margins and an increased competition from rival Hewlett Packard.